Odette put a couple hundred miles on the Tuscany and said she liked it. Then she had an accident and was off the bike all winter. When she started riding again in the spring she said she wouldn’t get on the Tuscany until I raised the handlebars or for any ride that involved climbing. (She …
From June 10 to 23 Odette and Jerry travelled in France here are the photos here is the itinerary: Day 1 – Sunday Jun 11, 2017 : Fly Seattle – Reykjavik – Paris, train Paris to Dijon Day 2 – Monday Jun 12, 2017 : Dijon – Fleurey sur Ouche – Velars sur …
On May 6, 2017, Jerry & Odette rode from their home in Seattle to Port Angeles, then up Vancouver Island and across to Vancouver and out the Fraser River valley to Harrison Hot Springs. They returned to the USA at Sumas and rode through Bellingham and Whidbey Island for a total of about 475 miles in …
As we start our fifth season on this bike here are some developments and thoughts triggered by a website upgrade that forced me to touch the original page again: We’ve flown with this bike (Scotland, France, Yukon) and we’ve done some strenuous tours on it (Wallowas.) the bike has performed well. It came with alloy …
UPDATE – Cyclocross set-up For my birthday in 2016 Odette bought me a 1998 Litespeed Classic. At the time she was training for our planned tour in France and she was very focused on getting her requisite miles. She settled on a pattern of riding tandem on weekends and riding her 2003 Rodriquez Stellar two or …
Odette got me a 1998 Litespeed Classic for my birthday in 2016 and I got her a 2000 Litespeed Tuscany for hers. As I stripped the Shimano 105 components off the Tuscany frame in order to build it up with a Campagnolo groupset, I started thinking about what I could do with those 105 parts. …
Our regular cycling partner, and one of Odette’s colleagues from work, had physical problems and was off his bike much of the winter. I got a text from him one day asking what size frame I rode and I replied, asking if he was building up to borrowing a tandem. He laughed and said …
My main ride for a lot of years was a 54 cm Fuji Touring that I bought new from Recycled Cycles in late 2000. It had a steel frame and a Tiagra groupset – Deore RD and Tiagra FD (with 52-42-30 in the front and a 9-speed 11-32 cassette) Tiagra hubs and Avid brakes with Tiagra …
From July 11 to July 19 Jerry and Odette rode their tandem on the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, the Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway, and the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway. The seven days of riding covered just over 400 miles and involved 31,000 feet of climbing (according to the GPS.) The route was based on …
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